I only read a bit, but I liked Mike’s answers. If he’s not a conservative yet, this dumping on him by the libs for ‘daring’ to support Walmart and American factories should start the tide turning.
Mike Rowe is, in my not so very humble opinion, one of the most important people in America.
He pretty much single-handedly made actual work, real labor, acceptable and honorable again.
Most of the backlash probably came from an organized labor union push to silence him.
I can’t wait if/when he gets a gig with Henry Rifles.
100% made in America and priced right.
The smoothest rifle I have ever shot.
Watch the guy on CNN (Marc Lamont) in the above link. He simply can’t address the importance of revitalizing our manufacturing base without reframing the whole conversation into a polemic against the thing he’s been trained to despise. It’s simply too hard for him to say, “Good for Walmart. I hope they succeed in this endeavor. Period.” While he gives me “the benefit of the doubt,” he still believes I’m fundamentally “wrong” for supporting their initiative. Why? Because Marc doesn’t see workers and employers as two sides of the same coin. He sees sees them as enemies.
I hope Walmart is sincere in their efforts to do this. I would shop there if they do.
Walmart is yet another of the fortune 500 shipping jobs overseas for years now.
Now they want to pander to the “conservative” sheeple.
“Come on sheeple, go get a low paying job”.
Walmart is no good.
Unions are also no good.
I love this guy. Always have.
Secondly, if you do not have SOME sort of useful and/or marketable SKILL what USE are you to anyone? You’re useless to me. *SHRUG*
So Walmart is committed to buying 250 billion worth of US made products over the next 10 years.
Hmmm... Can’t help but wonder how much of their inventory is domestically sourced already. 25 Billion a year is nothing to sneeze at if it’s in addition to what they already spend on made in the USA products but I have no idea what the baseline is or how much of an inventory percentage it will represent.
That would make a big difference in my book.
I buy things like motor oil at Walmart cuz I have no choice.
They have the big 5-qt jobbies and they’re cheapest.
I worked for a manufacturer once who sold to walmart.
I saw the PO’s.
Other companies, best discount, about 8% off regular manuf. price.
Walmart - 15% off.
No way anyone is competing with that.
Walmart has replaced what otherwise would be literally thousands of smaller stores.
Retail is shot.
I used to in retail back in the ‘80s; retail is toast.
Thanks new world order, for consolidating everyone out of a job.
It’s odd, but the more society hates the Church for it’s urging us to become perfect, the more society blasts folks and EVERYTHING for being imperfect.
Walmart is not perfect - celebrate the good parts.
Mike Rowe uses too many crude innuendos, so I can’t let my kids watch the newer shows of his, but he does a great job showing us who and what we ought appreciate - hard work and hard workers. Why shoot the imperfect in this world - support and admire the good about them for Peter’s sake, as Jesus did Peter!
I always try to buy made in America products. But I try to avoid union-made products, just as much as I try to avoid buying products made in Mexico and China.
If the liberals who moan on and on about Walmart wanted them to buy locally then call for lower taxes and getting rid of the many stupid regulations. Manufacturers would spring up.